Quin Carter
@quincarter.com
Software engineer for 15+ years. Frontend focused engineer. Web component evangelist. JavaScript and Typescript nerd. My fingers are my paint brush and I love the act of writing code.
All thoughts are my own. No AI posts here.
https://quincarter.com
All thoughts are my own. No AI posts here.
https://quincarter.com
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@quincarter.com
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New Role, Same Mindset: what Frontend Taught Me About Developer Experience Work - Quin Carter - Brain Dump
I recently moved into a role leaning heavily on Docker, devcontainers, and overall Developer Experience work after spending most of my career in frontend engineering. The tools changed, but the job; ...
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New blog post. I recently changed roles at work from a mostly Frontend Focused Engineer to a more Developer Experience Focused Engineer. It's been a really interesting shift away from my normal. I decided to write about it. #engineer #devex #javascript #typescript #go
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I freaking love a good pure CSS solution that really tests people's thoughts about how performant css can be in the browser. This is pretty incredible.
September 1, 2026 at 1:41 AM
I freaking love a good pure CSS solution that really tests people's thoughts about how performant css can be in the browser. This is pretty incredible.
New blog post. I recently changed roles at work from a mostly Frontend Focused Engineer to a more Developer Experience Focused Engineer. It's been a really interesting shift away from my normal. I decided to write about it. #engineer #devex #javascript #typescript #go
quincarter.com/posts/from-f...
quincarter.com/posts/from-f...
New Role, Same Mindset: what Frontend Taught Me About Developer Experience Work - Quin Carter - Brain Dump
I recently moved into a role leaning heavily on Docker, devcontainers, and overall Developer Experience work after spending most of my career in frontend engineering. The tools changed, but the job; ...
quincarter.com
September 1, 2026 at 1:29 AM
New blog post. I recently changed roles at work from a mostly Frontend Focused Engineer to a more Developer Experience Focused Engineer. It's been a really interesting shift away from my normal. I decided to write about it. #engineer #devex #javascript #typescript #go
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quincarter.com/posts/from-f...
Reposted by Quin Carter
Ever wondered why CSS Custom Properties inherit into web components with Shadow DOM but styles don’t? It’s because Inheritance and the Cascade are different!
michaelwarren.dev/blog/inherit...
michaelwarren.dev/blog/inherit...
Inheritance, the cascade, and shadow dom encapsulation
Inheritance and cascading styles are different and it might be that not a lot of people know. Also shadow dom only encapsulates one of them. Can you guess which one?
michaelwarren.dev
August 27, 2026 at 1:57 PM
Ever wondered why CSS Custom Properties inherit into web components with Shadow DOM but styles don’t? It’s because Inheritance and the Cascade are different!
michaelwarren.dev/blog/inherit...
michaelwarren.dev/blog/inherit...
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Native CSS modules are coming to WebKit!!
github.com/WebKit/WebKi...
WebKit is the last major browser engine to add support, so we'll get to baseline support soon. Servo supports them too 😎
github.com/WebKit/WebKi...
WebKit is the last major browser engine to add support, so we'll get to baseline support soon. Servo supports them too 😎
Implement CSS module scripts by tuankiet65 · Pull Request #72110 · WebKit/WebKit
32d0e5b
Implement CSS module scripts
rdar://80917329
https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=227967
Reviewed by NOBODY (OOPS!).
This patch implements importing CSS stylesheets as JavaScript modul...
github.com
August 24, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Native CSS modules are coming to WebKit!!
github.com/WebKit/WebKi...
WebKit is the last major browser engine to add support, so we'll get to baseline support soon. Servo supports them too 😎
github.com/WebKit/WebKi...
WebKit is the last major browser engine to add support, so we'll get to baseline support soon. Servo supports them too 😎
Reposted by Quin Carter
When we got modals with dialog, it already seemed like something that was a pain in the butt was just so easy now... add invoker commands into the mix, and it's almost too easy 😅
August 24, 2026 at 8:07 PM
When we got modals with dialog, it already seemed like something that was a pain in the butt was just so easy now... add invoker commands into the mix, and it's almost too easy 😅
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please report these lowlifes making this crap. i uninstalled tiktok thankfully, but anyone out there that hasn’t, please report!
So I've been deepfaked, which feels pretty dystopian...
The video is pretty good, but the voice is terrible.
I've reported the videos and channel already, and, if you have a free moment, I'd appreciate if you reported the channel too, it's full of this crap.
www.tiktok.com/@jeffcryptot...
The video is pretty good, but the voice is terrible.
I've reported the videos and channel already, and, if you have a free moment, I'd appreciate if you reported the channel too, it's full of this crap.
www.tiktok.com/@jeffcryptot...
August 25, 2026 at 8:32 PM
please report these lowlifes making this crap. i uninstalled tiktok thankfully, but anyone out there that hasn’t, please report!
Y'all go check out this post by @michaelwarren.dev! I have the privilege of being part of the lunch crew and I love chatting about frontend and CSS talks with these guys. Great group of guys and I love the conversations that keep challenging me to be better.
michaelwarren.dev/blog/inherit...
michaelwarren.dev/blog/inherit...
Inheritance, the cascade, and shadow dom encapsulation
Inheritance and cascading styles are different and it might be that not a lot of people know. Also shadow dom only encapsulates one of them. Can you guess which one?
michaelwarren.dev
August 27, 2026 at 11:42 AM
Y'all go check out this post by @michaelwarren.dev! I have the privilege of being part of the lunch crew and I love chatting about frontend and CSS talks with these guys. Great group of guys and I love the conversations that keep challenging me to be better.
michaelwarren.dev/blog/inherit...
michaelwarren.dev/blog/inherit...
Reposted by Quin Carter
What are some of your favourite uses of @property that aren't animating the colours of a gradient?
August 24, 2026 at 8:00 PM
What are some of your favourite uses of @property that aren't animating the colours of a gradient?
Y'all should totally invest in Michael. This guy is a design genius. I love that I get to pick his brain at work and learn about challenging design standards daily.
I know that guy.
I know that guy.
August 9, 2026 at 1:27 PM
Y'all should totally invest in Michael. This guy is a design genius. I love that I get to pick his brain at work and learn about challenging design standards daily.
I know that guy.
I know that guy.
Reposted by Quin Carter
Next question is now live!
New question is up!
What is one thing you wish you could do in CSS that is currently impossible?
asked-100-devs.netlify.app
What is one thing you wish you could do in CSS that is currently impossible?
asked-100-devs.netlify.app
Asked 100 devs: What is one thing you wish you could do in CSS that is currently impossible?
Answer one question. Help decide the top 5.
asked-100-devs.netlify.app
August 2, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Next question is now live!
Reposted by Quin Carter
What is one thing you wish you could do in CSS that is currently impossible?
Let me know here: asked-100-devs.netlify.app
Let me know here: asked-100-devs.netlify.app
Asked 100 devs: What is one thing you wish you could do in CSS that is currently impossible?
Answer one question. Help decide the top 5.
asked-100-devs.netlify.app
August 3, 2026 at 5:13 PM
What is one thing you wish you could do in CSS that is currently impossible?
Let me know here: asked-100-devs.netlify.app
Let me know here: asked-100-devs.netlify.app
Recently took an old app I built with angular and ionic and converted it to an entirely Lit app. The app had a login dependency and always deterred people from adopting. Post outlining my story of how this app grew. Mistakes I made. Lessons learned. quincarter.com/posts/introd...
Go Give it a shot!
Go Give it a shot!
Meet BrewMe: a Local-First Coffee Companion - Quin Carter - Brain Dump
The story of how I rebuilt my coffee brewing app twice, from a stale Ionic/Angular hybrid, through an overcomplicated Next.js version that cost me a lot of users, to a back-to-basics Lit Element rewri...
quincarter.com
August 9, 2026 at 3:19 AM
Recently took an old app I built with angular and ionic and converted it to an entirely Lit app. The app had a login dependency and always deterred people from adopting. Post outlining my story of how this app grew. Mistakes I made. Lessons learned. quincarter.com/posts/introd...
Go Give it a shot!
Go Give it a shot!
New blog post on building full-scale apps with Lit. I gave this talk this past week at RVA.js - second time this year, and as a Web Components fan, I'm still surprised more people aren't using them. Some folks last week hadn't even heard of Lit Element. Have you?
quincarter.com/posts/buildi...
quincarter.com/posts/buildi...
Building Apps with Lit in 2026 - Quin Carter - Brain Dump
An expanded walkthrough of my "Building Apps with Lit Element in 2026" talk. Covers app shell architecture and routing (@lit-labs/router and Vaadin Router), dependency injection with @lit/context, asy...
quincarter.com
August 8, 2026 at 11:30 PM
New blog post on building full-scale apps with Lit. I gave this talk this past week at RVA.js - second time this year, and as a Web Components fan, I'm still surprised more people aren't using them. Some folks last week hadn't even heard of Lit Element. Have you?
quincarter.com/posts/buildi...
quincarter.com/posts/buildi...
Reposted by Quin Carter
web components features coming in hot!
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July 26, 2026 at 2:39 PM
web components features coming in hot!
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Remember Multiplicity with Michael Keaton? That's gotta be where AI is headed, right? The first iteration was built on stolen work of people so it was pretty good but now the people stopped creating so it'll just copy itself. We remember how the cloned copy of a copy went in the movie, right?
Steve from Multiplicity Drinks Soda
Alt: Steve from Multiplicity Drinks Soda
static.klipy.com
July 7, 2026 at 9:50 PM
Remember Multiplicity with Michael Keaton? That's gotta be where AI is headed, right? The first iteration was built on stolen work of people so it was pretty good but now the people stopped creating so it'll just copy itself. We remember how the cloned copy of a copy went in the movie, right?
Reposted by Quin Carter
Web development fucked.
Design fucked.
Freelancing fucked.
Content creation fucked.
Education fucked
Blogging fucked.
Dev rel fucked.
Hard to find a purpose in this brave new world.
Design fucked.
Freelancing fucked.
Content creation fucked.
Education fucked
Blogging fucked.
Dev rel fucked.
Hard to find a purpose in this brave new world.
July 4, 2026 at 4:58 AM
Web development fucked.
Design fucked.
Freelancing fucked.
Content creation fucked.
Education fucked
Blogging fucked.
Dev rel fucked.
Hard to find a purpose in this brave new world.
Design fucked.
Freelancing fucked.
Content creation fucked.
Education fucked
Blogging fucked.
Dev rel fucked.
Hard to find a purpose in this brave new world.
You know. I hope this triggers the AI-pilled. This is so true about a lot of AI that supposedly will "change the game." You end up coddling the AI and holding its hand to the point that you're taking longer to do a task you could have done yourself. "Don't get left behind" pfft. Whatever.
June 27, 2026 at 1:40 PM
You know. I hope this triggers the AI-pilled. This is so true about a lot of AI that supposedly will "change the game." You end up coddling the AI and holding its hand to the point that you're taking longer to do a task you could have done yourself. "Don't get left behind" pfft. Whatever.
Reposted by Quin Carter
Design systems have always intrigued me, but they are something that I don't have any experience with, so, I've teamed up with someone who does have that experience!, @michaelwarren.dev!
It's still early days, but if you want updates as we work on it, sign up here:
thecascade.dev/courses/desi...
It's still early days, but if you want updates as we work on it, sign up here:
thecascade.dev/courses/desi...
Thoughtful Design Systems - a course by Kevin Powell and Michael Warren
Founded by Kevin Powell, with curated learning paths, courses, and clear explanations that will have you writing CSS with confidence.
thecascade.dev
June 25, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Design systems have always intrigued me, but they are something that I don't have any experience with, so, I've teamed up with someone who does have that experience!, @michaelwarren.dev!
It's still early days, but if you want updates as we work on it, sign up here:
thecascade.dev/courses/desi...
It's still early days, but if you want updates as we work on it, sign up here:
thecascade.dev/courses/desi...
I've got a preview of the curriculum and it's great! I can't wait to see how this goes! Congratulations @michaelwarren.dev
It’s been hard to keep this a secret for so long, but it’s time to let the cat out of the bag!
Still plenty of work to do, but I’m stoked for the opportunity to work with @kevinpowell.co (one of the greats!) to bring this to life!
More to come!
Still plenty of work to do, but I’m stoked for the opportunity to work with @kevinpowell.co (one of the greats!) to bring this to life!
More to come!
Design systems have always intrigued me, but they are something that I don't have any experience with, so, I've teamed up with someone who does have that experience!, @michaelwarren.dev!
It's still early days, but if you want updates as we work on it, sign up here:
thecascade.dev/courses/desi...
It's still early days, but if you want updates as we work on it, sign up here:
thecascade.dev/courses/desi...
June 25, 2026 at 2:48 PM
I've got a preview of the curriculum and it's great! I can't wait to see how this goes! Congratulations @michaelwarren.dev
I hope this is just the beginning. Use AI responsibly. Shit is expensive, y'all. Tokenmaxing is real and literally throwing away money for mediocre code.
Real talk. If this actually happened, I'm glad Disney wants them to minimize AI use.
share.google/LfKoxIdi45gV...
Real talk. If this actually happened, I'm glad Disney wants them to minimize AI use.
share.google/LfKoxIdi45gV...
Almost a year after giving engineers access to Claude and Cursor, Disney tells engineers: Minimise AI-coded products that ...
Tech News News: Disney started allowing its engineers to use artificial intelligence (AI) tools like Claude and Cursor last year. Now, the entertainment giant is aski.
share.google
June 21, 2026 at 12:13 AM
I hope this is just the beginning. Use AI responsibly. Shit is expensive, y'all. Tokenmaxing is real and literally throwing away money for mediocre code.
Real talk. If this actually happened, I'm glad Disney wants them to minimize AI use.
share.google/LfKoxIdi45gV...
Real talk. If this actually happened, I'm glad Disney wants them to minimize AI use.
share.google/LfKoxIdi45gV...
Reposted by Quin Carter
This spoke volumes to me.
"Coding has never been the bottleneck".
BRUH. PREACH
"Coding has never been the bottleneck".
BRUH. PREACH
new blog post time!
this one is a story of an idea I had at work to build something and all the reasons it was still impossible even with AI.
michaelwarren.dev/blog/where-i...
this one is a story of an idea I had at work to build something and all the reasons it was still impossible even with AI.
michaelwarren.dev/blog/where-i...
A bunch of ways AI won‘t make us more productive
An anecdotal example of how easily AI can be made irrelevant when it comes to actually trying to build things that solve real problems.
michaelwarren.dev
May 30, 2026 at 4:03 PM
This spoke volumes to me.
"Coding has never been the bottleneck".
BRUH. PREACH
"Coding has never been the bottleneck".
BRUH. PREACH
Reposted by Quin Carter
new blog post time!
this one is a story of an idea I had at work to build something and all the reasons it was still impossible even with AI.
michaelwarren.dev/blog/where-i...
this one is a story of an idea I had at work to build something and all the reasons it was still impossible even with AI.
michaelwarren.dev/blog/where-i...
A bunch of ways AI won‘t make us more productive
An anecdotal example of how easily AI can be made irrelevant when it comes to actually trying to build things that solve real problems.
michaelwarren.dev
May 30, 2026 at 12:13 PM
new blog post time!
this one is a story of an idea I had at work to build something and all the reasons it was still impossible even with AI.
michaelwarren.dev/blog/where-i...
this one is a story of an idea I had at work to build something and all the reasons it was still impossible even with AI.
michaelwarren.dev/blog/where-i...